Background
Gingerich, Philip Derstine was born on March 23, 1946 in Goshen, Indiana, United States. Son of Orie Jacob and Miriam Gingerich.
educator paleontologist evolutionary biologist
Gingerich, Philip Derstine was born on March 23, 1946 in Goshen, Indiana, United States. Son of Orie Jacob and Miriam Gingerich.
AB, Princeton University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1974.
Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1974; director Museum Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1981-1987, since 1989.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society American. Member Paleontological Society (Schuchert award 1981), Society Study Evolution, American Society Naturalists, American Society Mammalogists, Society Vert. Paleontology.
Married B. Holly Smith, 1982.